Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

[FROMWHITEDOGHILL]

Has anyone on here heard from Mr. Meeks in Tennessee lately?? Hey MD........somebody posted something about crickets onetime and you said they were a "vector" for worms. I didn't ever hear anymore...what the heack is that and are Grasshoppers also?? I hope not...my Chickens and Turkeys eat literally thousands of Big yellow grasshoppers every day......Yesterday I turned 48 half grown Turkeys into some pasture thick with Grasshoppers and man the Circus was on!!! Turkole' !!!

 

[ronott1]

Has anyone on here heard from Mr. Meeks in Tennessee lately?? Hey MD........somebody posted something about crickets onetime and you said they were a "vector" for worms. I didn't ever hear anymore...what the heack is that and are Grasshoppers also?? I hope not...my Chickens and Turkeys eat literally thousands of Big yellow grasshoppers every day......Yesterday I turned 48 half grown Turkeys into some pasture thick with Grasshoppers and man the Circus was on!!! Turkole' !!!

I don't know about parasites, but one report I read said that too may grasshoppers eaten by a chicken or turkey can impact their crops.

Ron

 

[Maggiesdad]

I've read that crickets can carry hook and tape worms, and I've seen some pretty weird looking worms (3 inches long and skinny) wiggle out of a cricket that had drowned in my dogs water bowl... I was telling FRF to keep an eye on her new puppy... Our dogs get wormed regularly, and the birds maybe twice a year. I guess chicken were designed to eat those kind of things, and a gizzard with grit can put the torque on them.

 

[ronott1]

I've read that crickets can carry hook and tape worms, and I've seen some pretty weird looking worms (3 inches long and skinny) wiggle out of a cricket that had drowned in my dogs water bowl... I was telling FRF to keep an eye on her new puppy... Our dogs get wormed regularly, and the birds maybe twice a year. I guess chicken were designed to eat those kind of things, and a gizzard with grit can put the torque on them.

Those are wire worms. they make the host drown itself in water and then they crawl out of the corpse. They will also infect GrasHoppers.

Delightful right?

 

[FROMWHITEDOGHILL]

WOW...those sound UGLY......I probably worm 4 or 5 times a year with different wormers each time and sometimes feed DE....but I usually feed that when the birds are young and still up on wire. The Blackhead thing has always had me scared in Turkeys so I worm often...sometimes too often in the Spring...I think I have affected the fertility sometimes. An old Turkey guy, yes....even older than me, told me he quits worming Jan 1st and doesn't worm again until early summer. Ron...I don't know aboiut impacting but as many as they ate...I bet it cleans out the other end. I would bet that they ate litterly a 5 gallon bucket full...but they still eat Grower and some cracked corn. Growing Turkeys can out-eat a pig I think.....they eat ALOT more than my mature Turkeys. I guess they are like teenage kids!!!!!!!

 

[ronott1]

I took some pictures of my big girls today. They are about 24 weeks old.








At least one of them is laying. I found another Basque egg today.

 

[Maggiesdad]

The look really nice, Ron!

 

[MonsterClucker]

Wow they are beautiful!

Are these Macho's sisters? Or are they from a different set of eggs?

 

[Flat Rock farm]

I've read that crickets can carry hook and tape worms, and I've seen some pretty weird looking worms (3 inches long and skinny) wiggle out of a cricket that had drowned in my dogs water bowl... I was telling FRF to keep an eye on her new puppy... Our dogs get wormed regularly, and the birds maybe twice a year. I guess chicken were designed to eat those kind of things, and a gizzard with grit can put the torque on them.

Yes thanks for the head up MD, I had no idea. Me, that works at a Vet clinic, have always been told that worms can only be picked up by infected feces

. Yes for some reason my new puppy thinks they are great entertainment.........then she eats them!! I have dewormed her twice in the past four weeks since I have gotten her and done a fecal test (neg). The chickens are coming due for their fall dewormer so hopefully I have no problems!!

 

[Flat Rock farm]

The look really nice, Ron!

Agree with MD, Ron they look great

. They look a lot like quite a few of the girls I have here